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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Agreed, he had a great year, plus given his age and size I get the hype to an extent. But since when did Draisaitl turn into Patrick Kane?
From an Oilers fan perspective I get the excitement, but dude is still very young and had one good year on the wing of the NHL's highest scoring player. I feel like even I could be at least a 0.6 ppg player on McDavid's line simply by passing him the puck.
Watching him sign for superstar money and then seeing him go on an early season slump would be so delicious.
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Well that's the talking point, but Eberle and Lucic spent a lot of time on McDavid's line last year and they weren't obliterating their past results.
Maroon's goals were way up last year but he played with Perry/Getlzlaf and put up basically the same ppg in 14/15. Only 40 points when playing with a guy that gets 100 and another guy that gets 77 is probably kind of hard to do actually.
Obviously playing with Mcdavid is not going to hurt, but I'm not sure he or anyone in the NHL explodes his line mates numbers.
Look at Anisimov. Goes from third line center in NY to playing with Kane/Panarin and sees a minimal scoring bump.
I generally think that guys get the numbers, that they have the talent to get.
Now I think that Draisaitl's numbers might be a little inflated due to a high shooting percentage last year, but I think that's just luck in general, and not McDavid induced.
I think his numbers will drop a bit next year. That's an easy bet though because I think most guys need some luck to get into the top ten. From 14/15 to 15/16 only Benn and Crosby repeated as top ten scorers. And from 15/16 to 16/17 only Kane and Crosby repeated.
There are more than a few Oilers fans suggesting a bridge deal. That is probably a non-starter from Draisaitl's camp though. If the Oilers can get something starting with a 7 they have done very well considering Draisaitl's bargaining position.
The Flames were lucky that Gaudreau didn't have arbitration or offer sheet eligibility, or I believe his cap hit would have been in the 7s as well. He mentioned "getting screwed" by his situation in that Barstool Sports interview with Whitney.